Cognitive appraisal of situation Look to mothers emotion 2-3yrs kids talk about emotion scared or afraid Fears expand when lang development and imagination And understanding of future Fears change as get older

Silverman 95

273 kids semistructured interview what is it they worry about health school physical harm performance lowest worry appearance

silverman 95

high anxious vs low anxious children high anxious =high no of problems high anxious = high intensity all children worry

Anxious school refusal vs truancy 13 more likely to be depressed SAD 8.7 more likely to have diagnoses of this Truency- odd 2.2 x as likely and cd-7.4 x as likely

Hay & Pawlby 2003

Adversities of child Mother been murdered some had but ?is it a sign of empthay look at other info in sample kids high prosocial and internalizing low externalizing- t think of childs inner world high prosocial kids may be anxious and visa versa